{"id":13501,"date":"2018-02-09T19:06:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T19:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13501"},"modified":"2018-02-09T19:06:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T19:06:23","slug":"substantial-capacity-test-the-model-penal-codes-test-for-the-insanity-defense-determines-if-the-person-lacks-substantial-capacity-to-appreciate-the-criminality-of-the-conduct-or-to-conform","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13501","title":{"rendered":"Substantial-Capacity Test – the Model Penal Code\u2019s test for the insanity defense; determines if the person lacks substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality of the conduct or to conform their conduct to the law"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1.<\/strong> Criminal law<\/em>. The Model Penal Code\u2019s test for the insanity defense, stating that a person is not criminally responsible for an act if, as a result of a mental disease or defect, the person lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality of the conduct or to conform the conduct to the law.\u00a0 *\u00a0 This test combines elements of both the McNaghten rules and the irresistible-impulse test by allowing consideration of both volitional and cognitive weaknesses.\u00a0 This test was formerly used by the federal courts and many states, but since 1984 many jurisdictions (including the federal courts) \u2018in response to the acquittal by reason of insanity of would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley have narrowed the insanity defense and adopted a new test resembling the McNaghten rules, although portions of the substantial-capacity test continue to be used. Model Penal Code \u00a7 4.01.<\/strong> \u2014 aka Model Penal Code test<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; MPC test<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; American Law Institute test<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; ALI test<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [1]
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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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